What is CVE-2022-48697?

CVE-2022-48697 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, classified as a Use After Free flaw (CWE-416), affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and patched in 4.19.260, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. CVE-2022-48697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48697?

CVE-2022-48697 has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48697?

Yes, CVE-2022-48697 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.260, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-48697 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Use After Free (CWE-416)?

The product references memory after it has been freed, which may cause it to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

CVE-2022-48697

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a use-after-free Fix the following use-after-free complaint triggered by blktests nvme/004: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 Read of size 4 at addr 0000607bd1835943 by task kworker/13:1/460 Workqueue: nvmet-wq nvme_loop_execute_work [nvme_loop] Call Trace: show_stack+0x52/0x58 dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x5e print_report.cold+0x36/0x1e2 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 __asan_load4+0x6b/0x80 blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 nvme_loop_queue_response+0x1df/0x275 [nvme_loop] __nvmet_req_complete+0x132/0x4f0 [nvmet] nvmet_req_complete+0x15/0x40 [nvmet] nvmet_execute_io_connect+0x18a/0x1f0 [nvmet] nvme_loop_execute_work+0x20/0x30 [nvme_loop] process_one_work+0x56e/0xa70 worker_thread+0x2d1/0x640 kthread+0x183/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-03

Last modified 2025-04-08

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.3

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weakness type

CWE-416

CVE-2022-48697 is a Use After Free vulnerability

What is Use After Free?

The product references memory after it has been freed, which may cause it to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.260, 5.4.213, 5.10.143, 5.15.68, 5.19.9, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.8

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.260 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.213 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.143 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.68 5.15.x ✓ 5.19.9 5.19.x ✓ 6.0

References

6 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17f121ca3ec6be0fb32d77c7f65362934a38cc8e

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4484ce97a78171668c402e0c45db7f760aea8060

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a02a61e81c231cc5c680c5dbf8665275147ac52

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d66989b5f7bb28bba2f8e1e2ffc8bfef4a10717

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be01f1c988757b95f11f090a9f491365670a522b

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-48697

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.3 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-03

Modified 2025-04-08

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48697?

CVE-2022-48697 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10 , classified as an Use After Free flaw (CWE-416) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and has been patched in 4.19.260, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. CVE-2022-48697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48697?

CVE-2022-48697 has a CVSS score of 5.3 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48697?

Yes. CVE-2022-48697 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.260, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-48697 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-48697 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.